[R] File names for mac newby

[David]

Neat.  Thanks.

On 1/22/20 10:17 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
>
> Use ?file.choose to choose a file interactively and avoid typing paths:
>
> read.table(file.choose(), header = TRUE, etc....)
>
> will open a finder window to navigate to and click on the file you want.
>
> -- Bert
>
> Bert Gunter
>
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> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 11:53 PM R. Mark Sharp via R-help 
> <r-help using r-project.org <mailto:r-help using r-project.org>> wrote:
>
>     Open the terminal application in the Utilities folder. Select the
>     file you want to use in R in a Finder window and drag it to the
>     terminal applications command line prompt and then release the
>     file. The absolute path of the file will be entered in the command
>     line of the terminal’s window. Though this absolute path will
>     work, relative paths are often preferred.
>
>
>     Mark
>
>     R. Mark Sharp, Ph.D.
>     rmsharp using me.com <mailto:rmsharp using me.com>
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>     > On Jan 21, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Kevin Thorpe
>     <kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca <mailto:kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca>> wrote:
>     >
>     > You would also need to drop the c: as that is a DOS/Windows thing.
>     >
>     > --
>     > Kevin E. Thorpe
>     > Head of Biostatistics,  Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC)
>     > Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's
>     > Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
>     > University of Toronto
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>     >
>     > On 2020-01-21, 1:26 PM, "R-help on behalf of James
>     Spottiswoode" <r-help-bounces using r-project.org
>     <mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf of
>     james using jsasoc.com <mailto:james using jsasoc.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >    OSX is based on BSD UNIX so paths use the forward slash as
>     separator, e.g.
>     >
>     >    temps <-
>     read.table("c:/Users/DFP/Documents/ah/house/HouseTemps.txt",header=T,row.names=1)
>     >
>     >    Best James
>     >
>     >> On Jan 21, 2020, at 9:20 AM, David <parkhurs using indiana.edu
>     <mailto:parkhurs using indiana.edu>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> I moved to a mac a few months ago after years in windows, and
>     I'm still learning basics.  I'm wanting to create a data frame
>     based on a text file called HouseTemps.txt. That's a file within
>     one called house which is within one called ah.  That may further
>     be in one called  Documents.  I tried various lines like:
>     >>
>     >> temps <-
>     read.table("c:\\Users\\DFP\\Documents\\ah\\house\\HouseTemps.txt",header=T,row.names=1)
>     >>
>     >> based on my windows DOS experience, but nothing I try works. 
>     So my question is, what do complete file names look like in a mac?
>     >>
>     >> I tried Apple support, but they couldn't help me with R.
>     >>
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